enfranchise
verb (used with object)
to admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting.
has enfranchised
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present perfectof enfranchise (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When divine Love has enfranchised the soul, what power can fetter it?
From Letters of Madam Guyon by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
Lastly Great Britain has enfranchised its women, and surely the Congress of the United States will not lag behind the Mother of Parliaments!
From Mobilizing Woman-Power by Harriot Stanton Blatch
